Walden

Published
6:00 pm CST, Saturday, January 30, 2010

This week’s news is almost all golf gossip. NANCY CAHILL hosted the January gathering of the Niners and the fun lasted until almost dinner time. BECKY HYDE was the big January Niner Ace. Congratulations! As badly as I have been playing, I love the Ace prize, a cookie jar selected by ultimate Internet shopper Sally Short. WLGA welcomes its newest members SHELLY EARL, DEBBIE KERR and GLADYS POSTEN for the 2010 season.

The Walden team of CAROL FENNESSY, CAROLYN GINANDT, JACKIE SPILLMAN, and me managed to take third net in the Women’s Golf Charities held at Walden last Monday. Organized in 1968, WGC is a non-profit group whose mission is simple; enjoy golf, encourage camaraderie and raise funds for local charities. Since 1988, over $555,000 has been raised for Houston charities. For more information about upcoming WGC play, go to www.womensgolfcharities.org on the web.

There are an estimated 1 million cases of shingles in the United States each year and, right now, we have one of those cases in our household. Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is a painful rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Once a person has had chickenpox, the virus can live, but remain inactive, in certain nerve roots within the body. If you are over 60 and have had chicken pox, you have a 50-50 chance of getting shingles before age 85. Shingles can be debilitating and have a lasting effect on your life, however a shingles vaccine was developed and FDA approved in 2006. Why gamble? Check with your doctor for further information.